Black Pete - The Emblem of Pain That Can Lead to Maturity

Letting go of anger and fear, leaves room to feel the sadness and sorrow. To grief for the pain inflicted and still endured. To mourn for the prisoners kept in the dark dungeons of slavery. To feel sad for the prison guards, who are deprived of sympathy and empathy for fellow human beings. It is clear to me that both sides need to heal.

They hold on to their Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet (Santa Claus and Black Pete) so they can let know who is boss. They can only be boss if we stumble around still hurting from slavery, and not

See the Real Face of Black Pete

Behind the anger is always fear. The fear that things are even worse than deemed thus far. I had encountered their resistance to abolish the Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) nonsense before at work. Several years ago, I suggested a simple celebration of children's day. To allow children a special day with high fructose-glucose syrup candy, and gifts to show their parents' slave mentality. I got met with silence, instead of applause. My white audience was not ready for a change of mind.

That silence was covert anger. They kept their opinions to themselves. That is, they waited for me to be out of their sight, to discuss my utter arrogance among themselves. Who da hell did I think I was?! No one touches their Zwarte Piet! My well-intended compromise - they keep their day to waste sugar and money on their children, but have to let go

What Do They Need Black Pete For?

The difficulty with anger is that it is quick to rise, but slow to dissipate. I still cannot believe the scale of the Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet (Santa Clause and Black Pete) event I saw last weekend. I did not see the celebration of slavery itself, as I had made a rash decision to get some food later in the day. But just the sheer mass of adults and children that I saw leave the scenes of the crime, got me to understand that the celebration was in no danger of abolition.

A year ago, I had decided to write on the racial concept of Black Pete from an informed perspective. I reasoned that sanity could replace insanity. I could go about it as methodically as these sick people go about protecting their precious celebration of the violation of intrinsic human rights of Black people. A year later, and I begin to understand the error

Black Pete – Indoctrination And Entertainment Sprinkled With Sugar

As if it is not bad enough that they flaunt their racism in my face, I am forced to take a detour. City council thinks that the Santa Claus and Black Pete (Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet) travesty is important enough to detour traffic. I found it difficult to control my anger when I saw all those children being led to partake in the celebration of slavery. The children do not care, because they get paid with candy. They were led by their parents to get their fix. Like little dogs reacting to a bell. Good doggie.

It is no use getting mad at those innocent chilluns. I heard parents asking their critters if they were able to get enough candy from Zwarte Piet. I did not wait to hear the answer. The children got paid for

The Ridicule Points Towards A Precious Mind

It is important to attend to the minds of your children. If you do not do it, the school will when they train their brains to comply with their sick teachings. They will infuse them with the images of powerful white people and a pitiful Black Pete. The acceptance of these distortions opens the way to our children being ridiculed, and held back without a second thought.

I take offense to the ridicule, but it is the covert operation to hold our children back that really gets me upset. Our children are neglected and abused.

Now Where Did I Leave My Kwakoe?

In 2011 the Dutch government refused to give a license for the yearly Kwakoe (Kwaku) festival in Amsterdam, and for the first time in its history there would be no festival for the Surinam community to enjoy. The government claimed that it could only allow for a budget of 100,000 Euro when a total of about 200,000 Euro was needed.

The government did not want to invest, even though it would see a return in its investment in the form of jobs, licenses, public transport and parking, and of course taxes.

The Dutch Government Killed NiNsee

The Dutch government has killed NiNsee, the Nationaal instituut Nederlands slavernijverleden en erfenis, which in English translates to the National institute for Dutch Slavery History and Heritage. NiNsee organized activities in order to commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolishment of slavery, also known as Keti Koti, on July 1st. The Dutch government formally abolished slavery in the Dutch colonies - Surinam and the Dutch Antilles - on 1 July 1863 (after 200 years). Of course, slavery did not end with the formal abolishment.